Features8 Minister of MusicAn Interview with Jeremy BegbieBy Stephanie GehringMany people first see Jeremy Begbie at a distance, onstage with a grand piano. He sits on a piano stool, leans forward with a lover’s total attention, and plays four bars of anything from Chopin to Boulez.

16 The Catholic CongressMilwaukee, 1926By Richard J. Mammana, Jr.All agreed that “the climax of the Congress was the solemn pontifical Mass at All Saints’ Cathedral on Wednesday morning,” the second day of the Congress. The procession included 400 bishops, priests, and seminarians.

20 Families and AccountabilityBy R. Mwita AkiriWe live in a world of God-given, non-accidental diversity. Some of this diversity is represented by our respective geographic, economic, cultural and social settings. Our Christian experiences and understandings differ from one another, as do our approaches to hermeneutics.

Books12 In Tuneful Accord by Trevor BeesonReview by Walter Knowles

14 The Eucharist and Ecumenism by George HunsingerReview by Leander S. Harding